The same procedure as every year…but not quite. With a star guest such as Joyce DiDonato and a truly diverse and diverting programme selected by the very Sir Simon himself for his last Gala from Berlin as the BPO’s chief conductor, you can be sure…

For the Easter Festival 2017 in Baden-Baden, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker draw their inspiration from Tosca, the most well-known and also most brilliant of all the Puccini operas. And that is deservedly so, since Tosca is not…

Before the champagne corks pop to celebrate the turn of the year 2016/2017, EuroArts Music captures the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Simon Rattle. The programme includes some of the most dashing Slavonic Dances by Antonín Dvořák, and…

Before the champagne corks pop to celebrate the turn of the year 2016/2017, EuroArts Music captures Deutsche Grammophone artist Daniil Trifonov’s first-class virtuos piano playing when he steps up to the podium at the New Year’s Eve concert of the…

The Europakonzert has brought the Berliner Philharmoniker to almost every major European city. In 2016, the orchestra chose a somewhat more remote location: Røros - a small, but beautiful town in Mid-Norway that was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site…

Part classical, part avant-garde, part flamenco, the legendary piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque are impossible to label. The Labèque Way follows these unique artists as they trace their Basque roots, playing Ravel´s Bolero with traditional Basque…

It is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin - and beyond: On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together the musicians bid farewell to the old year and…

"Lights, camera, action!", In this year’s concert in the Waldbühne, the traditional end of the season, the Berliner Philharmoniker will surround themselves with plenty of celebrities, including not only conductor Sir Simon Rattle and – as soloist in…

Every year since 1991 the Berliner Philharmoniker have given a concert on May 1st in a different European city to commemorate the anniversary of the orchestra’s founding in 1882 and to celebrate the common heritage of the Old World.

A rococo beauty who ultimately drags everything into the abyss, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut is never fully satisfied. She becomes addicted to the admiring glances she receives from others, and the luxury and diamonds in which she bathes don’t warm her…